Western Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS) - Thesis/Dissertation Competition

This call was recently sent to UCSD Department & Program Chairs:

The Western Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS) and University Microfilms International (UMI) have invited UCSD to submit one campus nominee to the 2008-2009 Innovation in Technology award competition for Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.

If you would like to nominate one of your department's graduate students for this award, please review the attached program call and send the following information to OGS no later than Monday, August 11, 2008:

• A 100-1500 word statement by the student describing the research and how it demonstrates innovative or creative use of technology in the conduct of scholarship.

• A letter from the student's department head or committee chair indicating the significance of the technological innovations in the work for the discipline, and for the student's department and institution.

The Office of Graduate Studies will form a selection committee to review all applications of nominees.